Social Justice and the Marginalised

The meaning of the word - marginalised

• People who are born rich

• People who live on the edges or margins of a society

• People migrating from urban to rural areas

Adivasis and women in India live a life of deprivation and exploitation

• False

• True

The upper caste Indians are categorised as - Scheduled Castes ,scheduled tribes, OBC s etc.

• True

• False

Which Indian Prime Minister implemented the Mandal Commission recccomendations ?

• Jawahar Lal nehru

• V P Singh

• Chanddra Shekhhar

What percentage of jobs and seats inn educational institutions did the Mandal Commission reccomend to reserve for the socially & economically backward classes ?

• 22.5 %

• 25%

• 27%

Manual scavenging means -

• garbage removal by hand

• rag - picking

• removal of human excreta by hand

In which year the use of dry latrines was discontinued by the Indian government ?

• 2003

• 2011

• 1993

The law has banned the use of __________ latrines

• dry

• wet

• per capita

• Khabar lahriya

which of these social groups is not part if the marginalised

• slaves

• the aborgines

• manual scavengers

• traders

The people who were treated as "untouchables " by indian society , now call themselves

• harijans

• dalits

• scheduled castes

• untouchables